The  Juvenile 
Protective  Association 

OF  CINCINNATI 


A  REPORT  OF 


ITS  SECOND  YEAR’S  WORK 


Published,  January  1914 


([Mirers  anil  txerutiue  (ttommittee 


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Rev.  Frank  H.  Nelson . President 

Becker  Building,  4th  and  Broadway. 

Dr.  Albert  H.  Freiberg, . Vice-President 

Rev.  J.  W.  Langdale, . Vice-President 

Mr.  Richard  Crane, . Vice-President 

Mr.  Clifford  B.  Wright, . Treasurer 

Union  Savings  Bank  and  Trust  Company. 

Miss  Helen  S.  Trounstine, . Secretary 

782  Clinton  Springs  Avenue,  Avondale. 


Dr.  Boris  D.  Bogen 
Miss  M.  Edith  Campbell 
Mr.  Arthur  Espy 
Mrs.  Martin  Fischer 
Mr.  F.  R.  Leach 


Mr.  Guy  Mallon 
Mr.  Wm.  J.  Norton 
Prof.  W.  H.  Parker 
Mrs.  Julian  Pollak 


Inarb  of  Dirrrlurs 


tUprrn  rxptrrn  1914 

Mr.  Frank  Bell 
Mrs.  Martin  Fischer 
Mr.  Maurice  Freiberg 
Mr.  F.  R.  Leach 
Mr.  Harry  Levy 
Mrs.  Elliott  Pendleton 
Mrs.  Julian  Pollak 
Mr.  Max  Senior 
Rev.  George  Thayer 
Miss  Julia  Worthington 
Mr.  Clifford  B.  Wright 


ulrrm  expire  1915 

Dr.  Boris  D.  Bogen 
Mr.  Richard  Crane 
Mrs.  Chas.  Fleischmann 
Mr.  James  N.  Gamble 
Miss  Annie  Laws 
Mrs.  Clarence  Mack 
Rev.  Frank  Nelson 
Mr.  Wm.  J.  Norton 
Mr.  Wm.  Cooper  Proctor 
Miss  Alice  Simrall 
Miss  H£len  Trounstine 


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Mrs.  Robt.  Anderson  Mr.  Guy  Mallon 
Miss  M.  Edith  Campbell  Miss  Emilie  McVea 
Mrs.  Thos.  Emery  Prof.  W.  H.  Parker 

Mr.  Arthur  Espy  Mr.  J.  G.  Schmidlapp 

Dr.  Albert  H.  Freiberg  Rev.  Samuel  Tyler 
Rev.  J.  W.  Langdale 


Helen  S.  Trounstine,  Director, 
Office,  804  Neave  Building, 
Cincinnati,  Ohio. 


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PURPOSE. 

1.  To  investigate  and  to  suppress  and  prevent  the  conditions 
and  to  prosecute  persons  contributing  to  the  dependency, 
truancy,  or  delinquency  of  children,  and  to  promote  the 
welfare  of  children  in  every  respect. 

2.  To  co-operate  with  the  Juvenile  Court,  Compulsory  Educa¬ 
tion  Department,  State  Factory  Inspector,  and  all  other 
child-helping  agencies,  and  to  increase  their  efficiency 
wherever  possible. 

3.  To  promote  the  study  of  child  problems,  and  by  systematic 
agitation,  through  the  press  and  otherwise,  to  create  a 
permanent  public  sentiment  for  the  establishment  of  whole¬ 
some  agencies,  such  as  parks,  playgrounds,  gymnasiums, 
free  baths,  vacation  schools,  communal  social  centers,  and 
the  like. 


$3,500  a  year  in  subscriptions  and  contributions 
is  needed  to  efficiently  carry  on  the  work. 


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Until  further  notice  from  me  to  the  contrary,  I  herewith  sub¬ 
scribe  $ . per  annum  to  the 

JUVENILE  PROTECTIVE  ASSOCIATION 
OF  CINCINNATI 

thereby  becoming  a  member  of  the  Association. 

Name . 


Address . 

Date . /p. . .  . 

Minimum  membership  fee  $2.00  per  annum.  Checks  should  be  made  payable  to  the 
Juvenile  Protective  Association  and  mailed  with  this  slip  to  804  Neave  Building,  Cin¬ 
cinnati,  Ohio. 


Ufpiirt  of  the  Stmtnr. 

This  report  covers  the  work  of  the  Association  from  No¬ 
vember  30,  1912,  to  January  1,  1914.  Although  it  is  my 
privilege  to  present  this  summary  of  our  activities,  most  of 
the  undertakings  were  planned  and  prosecuted  under  the  able 
direction  of  Mr.  Miles  and  Mr.  Norton.  Mr.  Miles,  who  acted 
as  Director  of  the  Association  during  the  first  year  of  its 
existence,  resigned  in  January,  1913,  because  of  the  press  of 
other  duties,  when  Mr.  Norton  generously  consented  to  serve 
in  that  capacity  until  he  became  head  of  the  Council  of  Social 
Agencies  last  May.  Ever  since,  moreover,  he  has  been  un¬ 
tiring  in  his  willingness  to  advise  in  details  of  the  work. 

General  Policy. 

The  same  policy  which  influenced  the  activities  of  the 
Association  during  its  experimental  year  has  been  pursued 
for  the  past  thirteen  months.  Emphasis  has  been  laid  upon 
lines  of  work  tending  toward  the  upbuilding  of  wholesome 
social  forces  or  toward  the  control  or  elimination  of  those 
influences  which  work  against  the  normal,  physical  and  moral 
development  of  children  and  young  people. 


Recreation  Survey. 

Our  largest  undertaking,  and  perhaps  the  most  important, 
has  been  a  survey  of  recreational  conditions  in  Cincinnati. 
This  Survey  is  now  in  the  form  of  a  report  of  which  3,000 
copies  have  been  printed  for  distribution.  Careful  study  was 
made  of  the  recreational  activities  of  children,  of  the  extent 
and  facilities  of  the  various  forms  of  recreation,  and  of  the 
possibility  of  developing  in  Cincinnati  an  adequate  and  com¬ 
prehensive  recreation  program.  A  plan  to  have  the  new 
City  Charter  provide  for  the  centralization  of  the  administra¬ 
tion  of  recreation  in  a  Park  and  Recreation  Board,  was  formu¬ 
lated  after  a  study  of  the  facts  so  ascertained,  and  was  pre¬ 
sented  to  the  Charter  Commission.  Later,  this  suggestion 
was  endorsed  by  the  Council  of  Social  Agencies  and  the  Social 
Workers’  Club. 

Wholesome  recreation  makes  for  more  complete  living; 


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it  quickens  an  appreciation  of  life’s  values,  so  that  if  through 
our  study  of  existing  conditions  we  can  arouse  the  interest  of 
the  community  in  furthering  opportunities  for  healthful  play, 
we  will  have  done  much  to  insure  success  and  happiness  for 
its  future  citizens. 

Study  of  Desertion. 

Another  investigation  along  constructive  lines  was  our 
study  of  desertion.  The  disregard  by  the  head  of  the  family 
of  his  or  her  obligation  to  support  it,  creates  one  of  our  gravest 
social  problems,  striking  as  it  does  at  the  very  roots  of  family 
stability.  The  seriousness  of  this  condition,  which  is  a  vital 
factor  in  juvenile  dependency  and  a  causative  factor  in  juvenile 
delinquency,  can  be  better  realized  after  knowing  that  from 
various  institutions  and  corrective  agencies  in  the  city  we 
obtained  record  of  2,861  children  who  were  not  supported  or 
actually  deserted  during  a  one-year  period.  Moreover,  346 
of  the  men  who  shirked  their  parental  responsibility  were 
never  found. 

The  study  was  made  to  ascertain  whether  the  statutes  of 
Ohio  facilitate  attempts  to  check  desertion  and  to  determine 
whether  methods  of  administering  these  laws  have  resulted 
in  efficient  control  of  the  problem.  The  conclusion  wre 
reached  was  that  although  the  laws  which  covered  the  offense 
of  desertion  are  adequate  except  in  one  particular,  efficient 
control  of  the  evil  has  not  been  the  result.  We  recommended, 
therefore,  that  Governor  Cox  instruct  the  State  Board  of 
Charities  to  conduct  an  investigation  for  the  purpose  of  ascer¬ 
taining  the  reasons  for  this  failure,  and  of  suggesting  a  remedy. 
The  report  has  been  submitted  to  the  Governor,  and  there 
is  hope  that  our  suggestion  will  be  acted  upon  in  the  near 
future.  Individual  members  of  the  Ohio  Child  Welfare 
League  commented  favorably  upon  the  recommendation,  and 
ten  other  State  Legislative  Reference  Bureaus  besides  our 
own  have  asked  for  copies  of  the  Report,  although  it  is  only 
in  typewritten  form. 

The  Court  of  Domestic  Relations. 

The  fact  was  just  mentioned  that  our  laws  relative  to  the 
handling'  of  desertion  cases  are  inadequate  in  one  particular. 


Last  winter  while  the  Legislature  was  in  session  we  attempted 
to  have  this  defect  remedied,  and  the  Gregory  Bill  to  create 
a  Court  of  Domestic  Relations  in  Hamilton  County  was  drawn 
up  by  Mr.  Norton  and  introduced  at  our  instigation.  Our 
aim  was  to  secure  a  Court  in  which  could  be  centered  all  of 
the  closely  related  problems  touching  the  child  and  the  home. 
Although  we  conducted  a  letter-writing  campaign  to  secure 
the  passage  of  the  bill,  and  received  the  assistance  and  en¬ 
dorsement  of  a  number  of  other  civic  and  social  organiza¬ 
tions,  the  opposition  of  the  Bar  Association  defeated  the 
measure.  This  year,  the  Council  of  Social  Agencies  has  taken 
up  the  struggle  to  secure  that  much  needed  reform  for  Cin¬ 
cinnati,  and  we  hope  with  better  success. 

Report  on  the  Contributory  Delinquency  Laws. 

While  the  Legislature  was  in  session  and  specifically  in¬ 
terested  in  the  framing  of  statutes  for  the  protection  of  chil¬ 
dren,  we  prepared  a  report  on  the  existing  laws  relating  to 
adults  who  contribute  to  the  delinquency  of  minors.  We 
pointed  out  their  defects,  and  drew  up,  with  the  assistance  of 
Mr.  Nathan  Isaacs,  amendments  to  correct  them.  Con¬ 
tributory  delinquency  laws  with  reference  to  saloons,  pool 
rooms,  assignation  houses,  and  stores  where  cigarettes  are 
sold,  are  ineffective  because  the  proprietor  of  these  places 
can  plead  non-knowledge  of  law  violations  by  way  of  defense, 
when  his  employees  break  the  law.  The  intent  of  the  laws 
when  framed  was  undoubtedly  to  make  the  owners  of  such 
places  responsible  for  violation  of  law  upon  their  premises, 
but  the  statutes  were  subsequently  not  interpreted  that  way. 

The  report  was  presented  to  Senator  Greenlund  but  no 
action  was  taken  upon  it  as  a  whole.  The  new  Liquor  License 
Law,  however,  in  that  section  which  deals  with  the  sale  of 
liquor  to  minors,  has  corrected  the  defect  in  that  one  particular. 

Second  Investigation  of  the  Juvenile  Court. 

Last  year  one  of  the  chief  activities  of  our  Association 
was  the  study  of  the  work  of  the  Juvenile  Court  of  Hamilton 
County.  A  printed  report  containing  recommendations  for 
improved  methods  had  been  submitted  to  Judge  Caldwell 


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two  months  before  our  last  annual  meeting.  J\t  the  end  of 
December,  1912,  we  completed  a  second  investigation  of  the 
work  of  the  Court,  and  based  on  the  facts  so  ascertained,  we 
prepared  a  report  on  the  inefficiency  of  the  Chief  Probation 
Officer.  This  report,  which  cited  twenty-seven  cases  within 
a  period  of  eleven  weeks  in  which  Mr.  Emerson  had  been 
inefficient  in  his  duties,  was  submitted  to  Judge  Caldwell  on 
January  14th,  with  our  request  for  the  dismissal  of  his  Chief 
Probation  Officer.  Judge  Caldwell  refused  to  comply  with 
the  request,  in  spite  of  his  assertions  on  previous  occasions 
of  a  desire  to  improve  the  efficiency  of  the  court.  By  this 
decision  the  Judge  ceased  to  co-operate  with  the  Juvenile 
Protective  Association  in  its  efforts  to  secure  a  Juvenile  Court 
which  would  safeguard  the  best  interests  of  the  children,  so 
on  February  3rd  the  Board  of  Directors  determined  to  request 
the  Judges,  who  designate  the  Juvenile  Court  Judge,  to  appoint 
some  other  Judge  to  serve  in  that  capacity. 

Our  sole  aim  in  taking  this  action  was  to  secure  efficiency 
in  the  most  important  social  agency  dealing  with  children  in 
the  city.  It  was  the  logical  outcome  of  our  program  of 
“follow-up  work”  in  the  Juvenile  Court.  Although  other 
important  philanthropic  and  social  agencies  endorsed  our 
action,  the  Judges  after  a  three-months’  delay  re-appointed 
Judge  Caldwell  to  serve  as  Juvenile  Judge  for  one  year.  Our 
efforts  have  not  been  entirely  in  vain,  however,  for  during 
the  progress  of  the  campaign  to  prevent  the  re-appointment 
of  Judge  Caldwell,  the  public  was  undoubtedly  educated  as 
to  the  conditions  existing  in  the  Juvenile  Court  and  their 
grave  effect  upon  child  welfare. 


Other  Special  Investigations. 

Another  special  investigation  was  that  of  the  waiting  rooms 
in  department  stores.  We  wished  to  ascertain  if  the  same 
conditions  existed  in  this  city  as  were  reported  in  Chicago 
and  elsewhere,  where  it  was  found  that  the  unsupervised  wait¬ 
ing  room,  as  a  frequent  shelter  for  the  girl  out  of  work,  was 
a  splendid  field  for  the  Procurer.  We  were  happy  to  discover, 
however,  no  such  conditions  existing  in  our  city,  and  to  find 


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that  on  the  whole  there  were  good  matrons  employed  to  take 
care  of  these  places. 

We  also  investigated  the  candy  stores  and  ice  cream  parlors 
which  are  particularly  in  the  summer  time  the  social  meeting 
places  of  children,  and  we  were  pleased  to  find  them  on  the 
whole,  w^ell  kept  and  well  supervised.  Only  three  slot  ma¬ 
chines,  which  encourage  petty  gambling,  were  found  in  over 
forty  places. 

The  Greek  Boot  Blacks. 

A  specially  satisfactory  piece  of  constructive  work  was 
accomplished  with  the  Greek  proprietors  of  Shoe  Shining- 
Parlors.  We  had  received  information  that  the  Greek  boys 
employed  as  bootblacks  in  these  parlors  were  often  over¬ 
worked  and  ill-treated.  An  investigation  showed  that  the 
boys  were  frequently  brought  over  from  Southern  Greece  by 
the  proprietors  for  the  special  purpose  of  working  in  these 
places,  and  being  ignorant  of  our  language  and  customs,  were 
at  the  mercy  of  their  employers.  They  were  worked  from 
14  to  18  hours  a  day,  had  practically  no  time  off,  not  even  on 
Sunday,  and  although  the  employers  promised  them  from  20 
to  25  per  cent  of  the  tips  they  received  as  a  part  of  their 
wages,  this  money  was  sometimes  withheld.  The  boys  were 
clothed,  fed  and  lodged  by  their  employers  frequently  to  their 
disadvantage.  Through  the  co-operation  of  Police  Court 
Prosecutor  Fox,  seven  of  these  proprietors  were  arrested, 
either  for  employing  boys  under  sixteen  years  of  age  more 
than  ten  hours  a  day  or  for  not  having  given  to  minors  in 
their  employ  a  written  statement  as  to  the  wages  they  were 
to  receive.  The  cases  were  continued,  and  before  the  time 
of  the  second  hearing  we  had  secured  a  written  agreement 
from  the  various  proprietors  that  they  would  not  further 
violate  the  laws  relating  to  the  employment  of  minors,  that 
they  would  not  open  before  seven  o’clock  in  the  morning,  that 
they  would  remain  closed  until  one  p.  m.  on  Sunday,  and  that 
the  boys  would  be  given  one  full  day  a  week  as  their  own. 
They  also  agreed  to  decently  provide  for  the  boy  employees 
who  lived  with  them,  and  to  give  them  regularly  from  20  to 
25  per  cent  of  the  tips. 


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A  conference  with  fifteen  of  the  Greek  shoeshining  pro¬ 
prietors  and  their  attorney  was  held  in  our  office,  and  the 
laws  relating  to  these  subjects  were  explained  to  them.  Later, 
also,  we  had  a  summary  of  these  statutes  translated  into  Greek, 
and  printed  on  flyers  which  we  distributed  among  the  boys 
employed  as  boot-blacks,  so  that  they  might  know  what  were 
their  rights  under  the  laws  of  Ohio.  We  also  were  able  to 
get  two  young  Greek  boys,  who  had  been  in  this  country 
over  six  months  and  had  not  attended  school,  into  special 
classes  for  foreigners. 


Map  Showing  Density  of  Child  Population. 

Another  piece  of  constructive  work  which  has  been  of 
value  to  various  civic  agencies  was  the  preparation  of  a  map 
showing  the  density  of  child  population  in  each  precinct  and 
Avard  of  the  congested  sections  of  the  city.  Copies  of  the 
map  were  presented  to  the  Board  of  Park  Commissioners  to  be 
used  by  them  as  a  basis  for  the  future  establishment  of  play¬ 
grounds,  to  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Schools,  to  the  Di¬ 
rector  of  Social  Centers,  and  on  request  to  the  Secretary 
General  of  the  Association  des  Cites-Jardins  de  Paris,  France. 
The  statistics  were  secured  through  the  courtesy  of  Chief  of 
Police  Copelan,  who  permitted  us  to  have  access  to  the  Police 
Census  from  which  we  tabulated  the  age,  sex  and  color  of  each 
child.  On  our  own  map,  when  completed,  was  then  marked 
the  location  of  the  various  places  of  commercial  recreation, 
public  playgrounds  and  social  settlements  which  provide  recre¬ 
ational  facilities,  and  it  was  hung  by  the  Board  of  Park  Com¬ 
missioners  in  their  section  of  the  Budget  Exhibit. 

Co-operation  with  the  Park  Board. 

Throughout  the  year  we  have  had  the  privilege  of  further 
co-operating  with  the  Board  of  Park  Commissioners,  and 
among  other  things  our  complaint  as  to  the  inadequate  super¬ 
vision  of  Hopkins  Park  resulted  in  the  re-arrangement  of 
some  of  the  low  foliage  in  the  park,  so  as  to  make  it  more 
open  to  the  inspection  of  the  police.  We  also  prepared  for 
their  consideration  a  chart  showing  the  urgent  need  of  locating 


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a  playground  near  Pleasant  and  Liberty  Streets  instead  of  in 
Washington  Park,  as  they  proposed. 

Home  and  School  Visiting. 

Another  line  of  activity  which  we  fostered  this  past  year 
was  home  and  school  visiting.  During  the  winter  of  1912 
and  the  spring  of  1913,  two  of  the  large  public  schools  located 
in  congested  sections  of  the  city  were  provided  through  us 
with  volunteer  workers  who  visited  the  homes  of  those  chil¬ 
dren  whose  physical  condition  or  general  conduct  showed  the 
need  of  social  service  in  their  homes.  This  winter  Miss  Julia 
Worthington  has  undertaken  the  work  in  connection  with  the 
Sixth  District  School,  where,  with  the  co-operation  of  Mr. 
Hauer,  the  principal,  she  has  rendered  faithful  service  in  cor¬ 
recting  those  conditions  which  often  lead  to  juvenile  de¬ 
linquency  or  dependency.  The  field  of  this  activity  might 
be  enlarged  to  advantage  if  the  right  volunteers  could  be  found. 

General  Supervision  of  Centers  of  Delinquency. 

Our  policy  of  general  investigation  and  supervision  of 
those  places  which  are  known  to  contribute  to  the  delinquency 
of  minors  was  continued  during  the  year.  Because  of  the 
lack  for  the  greater  part  of  the  time  of  a  man  field  investigator, 
this  work  was  not  as  extensive  as  it  could  have  been.  Certain 
improvements,  however,  were  secured. 

The  Excursion  Boats. 

The  Coney  Island  Boats,  which  the  }^ear  previous,  were  in  a 
very  bad  condition,  were  complained  of  again  early  in  the 
spring.  An  investigation  showed  that  the  boats  were  insuf¬ 
ficiently  lighted  and  supervised,  and  that  the  sanitary  arrange¬ 
ments  were  very  bad.  After  several  conferences  with  the 
Manager  of  the  Company,  a  matron  was  installed  in  the 
woman’s  rest  room,  the  supervision  of  the  police  became  more 
strict,  the  captain  or  mate  made  half-hourly  rounds  of  the 
decks,  and  the  boats  were  cleaned  up.  These  improved  con¬ 
ditions  were  maintained  throughout  the  summer,  as  our  in¬ 
vestigator  continued  to  make  weekly  trips  on  the  boats.  The 
lighting  on  one  of  the  boats  is  still  inadequate,  however. 


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The  Public  Dance  Hall. 

The  Public  Dance  Halls  also  received  our  special  attention. 
In  December,  1912,  a  report  was  submitted  to  Mayor  Hunt, 
setting  forth  the  terrible  conditions,  which  menaced  the  de¬ 
cency  and  morality  of  the  young  people  of  the  community, 
existing  in  these  places  at  that  time.  The  Mayor  called  a 
conference  of  the  various  dance  hall  proprietors  and  advised 
them  to  mend  their  ways.  For  a  while  his  admonition  had 
the  desired  effect.  This  fall,  however,  a  second  investigation 
showed  that  matters  were  as  bad  as  before,  and  finally  in 
December,  1913,  we  secured  the  conviction  of  the  proprietor 
of  Central  Turner  Hall  for  the  sale  of  liquor  on  the  floor  of  a 
public  dance  hall.  This  conviction  and  a  subsequent  warning 
which  we  sent  out  to  alt  other  proprietors  has  resulted  in  a 
decided  improvement  in  the  conditions  under  which  our  public 
dances  are  conducted.  To  make  this  improvement  permanent, 
however,  v/e  must  work  to  secure  the  passage  of  an  ordinance 
providing  for  the  strict  supervision  of  public  dance  halls. 


Protests  Against  Applicants  for  Saloon  Licenses. 

In  line  with  our  attempt  to  eliminate  centers  of  delin¬ 
quency,  protests  were  drawn  up  and  filed  with  the  Liquor 
License  Commission  against  seven  applicants  for  licenses. 
These  protests  were  based  on  the  past  history  of  the  applicants 
with  reference  to  their  records  of  contributing  to  delinquency. 
In  the  first  license  list  given  out  by  the  License  Commissioners 
only  one  of  the  seven  against  whom  we  protested  secured  a 
license,  but  later  on  in  the  revision  of  the  list  two  others 
were  granted  licenses,  and  still  another  has  recently  secured  a 
license  through  the  granting  of  a  transfer. 

Case  Work. 

Case  work  has  been  continued  during  the  year,  but  the 
extension  of  this  activity  has  not  been  sought.  We  have 
only  handled  those  cases  where  the  interests  of  the  children 
concerned  could  be  best  protected  by  our  taking  legal  action 
in  their  behalf.  Thus,  fifteen  adults  were  prosecuted  for 
offenses  against  minors.  A  conviction  was  secured  in  every 


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case  except  the  seven  Greek  cases,  which  were  dismissed  at 
our  request.  The  following  shows  the  results  in  detail : 

Offense  Number  Result 

Illegal  employment  of  minors .  7  1  dismissed,  2  fined  $25 

and  costs,  3  fined  $5 
and  costs,  1  fined  $5 
and  costs,  suspended 

Withholding  wages  of  a  minor .  1  Fined  $50  and  costs 

and  ordered  to  re¬ 
fund  the  $59  with- 

Employing  a  minor  without  giving  him  a  written  held. 

agreement  as  to  the  wages  he  shall  receive..  6  Dismissed. 

Selling  intoxicating  liquor  in  connection  with 

a  public  dance . .  1  Fined  $15  and  costs. 

In  addition,  seven  cases  were  investigated  before  being 
referred  to  the  proper  agency ;  twenty  cases  were  investigated 
and  warnings  given  against  further  violations  of  law,  and 
three  cases  were  referred  to  the  proper  agency  without  in¬ 
vestigation. 

Co-operation  with  Other  Social  and  Civic  Agencies. 

Mr.  Silvester,  when  field  worker  of  the  Association,  and 
your  Secretary  co-operated  with  the  Woman’s  Civic  Commis¬ 
sion  when  it  first  started  to  conduct  the  popular  supervised 
dances  at  Music  Hall.  During  the  floods  of  January  and 
March  of  last  year  their  services  were  likewise  used  by  the 
Citizens’  Flood  Relief  Committee.  They  also  addressed  a 
number  of  clubs  and  classes  on  subjects  relating  to  child  wel¬ 
fare  and  the  work  of  the  Association. 

The  Future  of  the  Association. 

Although  the  Association  last  year  did  not  always  reach 
the  goal  it  set  out  for,  it  consistently  used  its  efforts  in  the 
interest  of  the  children  of  the  community,  whom  it  was  pledged 
by  its  constitution  to  protect.  With  the  continued  assistance 
of  as  devoted  and  unselfish  an  Executive  Committee  and  as 
public  spirited  a  Board  of  Directors  as  determined  its  policies 
in  the  past,  the  Association  must  some  day  realize  at  least  in 
part  the  ideal  toward  which  it  is  striving,  namely,  a  wise  and 
splendid  city  fostering  those  influences  which  make  for  free 
and  happy  childhood  and  strong  and  joyous  youth. 


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<El}t  3lttum  g>autn0s  Sank  mb  (SIrnfit  ffinntpamj 

AS  AGENT  FOR 

C.  B.  Wright,  Treasurer 

OF 


Gtye  3lutt*nilr  Proterttue  Afiaoriattun 


STATEMENT  OF  RECEIPTS  AND  DISBURSEMENTS 
For  the  Year  Ending  December  31,  1913 

Jan.  1,  1913,  Balance . $  132.25 


RECEIPTS. 

Total  contributions  for  year  1913 . $1,882.50 

Sundry  sources,  sale  of  Manuels,  etc .  23.18 


DISBURSEMENTS. 


Dance  Hall  Investigation . $  31.05 

Moving  Picture  Investigation .  8.75 

Salaries  .  1,047.84 

Sundry  expense .  355.86 

Balance  .  594.43 


$2,037.93  $2,037.93 

Jan.  1,  1914,  Cash  on  hand .  $  594.43 

Cincinnati,  Ohio,  January  21,  1911. 

The  Union  Savings  Bank  &  Trust  Co., 

By  John  Bradley,  for  Trust  Officer. 


Examined  and  approved 

By  E.  J.  Langhorst,  Bookkeeper. 


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JJretrimtB  JJubltratttfttB 


REPORT  ON  THE  TRUANCY  DEPARTMENT 
OF  THE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION 

(Abridged). 


REPORT  ON  THE  JUVENILE  COURT  OF 
HAMILTON  COUNTY 

(Abridged). 


THE  JUVENILE  LAWS  OF  OHIO, 

A  Manual  for  Social  Workers, 
Price,  25  cents. 


RECREATION  SURVEY  OF  CINCINNATI. 


Copies  may  be  obtained  upon  application  to  the 
office,  804  Neave  Building. 


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